{"id":2039,"date":"2025-04-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:39:12","slug":"how-i-solved-my-mid-life-gaming-crisis-with-retro-games-readers-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/how-i-solved-my-mid-life-gaming-crisis-with-retro-games-readers-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"How I solved my mid-life gaming crisis with retro games \u2013 Reader\u2019s Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The original arcade game had its own bespoke controller (Arcade1Up)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A reader reveals how his attempt to reignite his passion for video games<\/a> has stalled because so many arcade games are hard to replicated 100% on consoles.<\/p>\n

Five years ago, I wrote a feature<\/a> with regards to my upcoming 50th birthday and how I solved the problem of reliving my youth by revisiting the classics using my PlayStation 3 and saving money on buying a cabinet or exploring the grey depths of emulation.<\/p>\n

As I now rapidly approach my 55th birthday, the major downfall with my solution is that some of the classics just cannot be replicated and give me that same rush of nostalgia through my trusty old PlayStation 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That problem is that using the PlayStation 3 DualShock, or plugging my Mayflash Arcade stick into the console, fails to give the same experience as being in the arcade, due to some of the unique controller devices used to play many of the retro arcade games. So I made a list of all the games that cannot be emulated perfectly on a console:<\/p>\n

Operation Wolf<\/strong>
Walking into an arcade and seeing this huge cabinet, with a mounted Uzi, for the first time in 1987 made this this is a must-play. Before games like Time Crisis and Virtua Cop, this early lightgun game, with the addition of a side button for grenades, was superb.<\/p>\n

Sea Wolf<\/strong>
One of the first arcade titles I remember with a bespoke controller method was released in 1976. Players use a mounted periscope to pilot a submarine using side buttons to launch torpedoes at enemy vessels under the added pressure of a timer.<\/p>\n

Dance Dance Revolution<\/strong>
Never really appealed to me as a player, but on its release in 1999 I always enjoyed watching others with much better coordination than myself. Yes, you can buy a mat for it at home, but it\u2019s slippy and dodgy, and nothing can replace the full two-player cabinet with barriers to lean on.<\/p>\n

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